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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
4
A brief item notes a company incorporated under the General Corporation Laws of the State with offices listed. The snippet shows formal corporate filing language indicating the entity's domicile and registration status. The readable portion confirms official incorporation.
A local Clermont beat offers names of visitors include A D McKinley and Rev T H Temple with wife from Fayette. Families moving, visits to Elgin and Mason City, and ball game results in Postville. School opened with Geo Hendershott. weather storm caused crop damage.
A long recap lists attendees from Clermont and nearby towns at a Friday evening dance and Sunday visits to various households. The piece notes travelers to Chamberlain and Holy Inghton, plus farm activity and local churchgoers, with scattered mentions of weather, school openings, and community events such as a M. W. A ball dance and fieldwork surrounding corn, granaries, and a new crib.
The Fayette County Geological Report by T. B. Savage states there are no workable deposits of lead or copper in the area. Copper fragments near Elgin are attributed to glacial transport, not underlying rocks. The note then shifts through household tips, local letters, business notes, and oddities from Elgin, including the Elgin Canning Company, post office mail, and local advertisements.
A collage of brief items notes rapid chicken canning at stockyards plants, postal letter frequencies in several countries, a national restoration fund for Prairie du Chien’s old military cemetery, wages and literacy in Norway, and a local note about new Ada listings and merchants in town.
An old ad claims medicines that aid nature, praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for soothing coughing, easing secretions, aiding expectoration, and restoring health. It asserts wide use, many testimonials, and warning against pneumonia, with distribution by druggists.
An advertisement promising loans on any security and buying or selling property or mortgages. It mentions charging only if a sale is made, offers correct abstracts on short notice, and rental listings. States office and Linden Park residence phone numbers.
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